Bump. Did you ever resolve this issue or figure out what was causing it?

Reviving this thread. Anyone else have an experience paring the d1 with airmotiv 4 speakers?

Quote: Can you link to the info on the stealth line? Isn't it just an 8inch monitor? Or are there other models in the line?

Here are my subjective impressions having owned both speakers (though not compared at the same time side by side). These were sent in a PM to another head-fi user:   I've owned both the audio engine A5's and the Airmotiv 4's. They sound very different. I would actually buy both of them and...

Quote: thanks so much!

Anyone else out there tried this combo? Would love to hear about your impressions.

Quote: Good to hear. I just wasn't sure in your previous pos whether or not you could discern any improvement using the airmotiv's w/out the D1 and with the D1. How would you describe the improvement, if possible?

The DACmini sounds nice, but it's waaaay out of my price range. From what you're saying, it sounds like I might not get much benefit from the D1. Hard to say at this point. But thanks for your input ljsegil

I'm considering pairing my Airmotiv 4's with an Audioengine D1 dac. I use the airmotivs with my macbook pro for lossless audio listening and some 320k mp3 listening. The speakers sit on my desk nearfield (2ft). I know the D1 is highly regarded, but at least one review has described the sound...

I'm considering pairing my Airmotiv 4's with an Audioengine D1 dac. I use the airmotivs with my macbook pro for lossless audio listening and some 320k mp3 listening. The speakers sit on my desk nearfield (2ft). I know the D1 is highly regarded, but at least one review has described the sound...

  Quote:   Was this issue ever resolved? Was it a bug?

  Quote: Just wanted to echo that my airmotiv 4's do hiss a bit. If I turn the gain all the way up past 3/4, the hissing gets a bit louder such that you can hear them from 2ft away. However, if I turn up the volume on my mac (source) and turn the airmotiv's gain down to 1/2, I barely...

Quote: I'm 99% sure the hiss is from the amplifier itself, as you describe. So it sounds like there is no issue with lowering the gain on the amp and raising the source volume? I plan to do just that in the future.

My house does have awful wiring. So that may be the issue, but I've only really heard bad hiss with active speakers in my setups. I doubt my issue is the cabling as I'm using coaxial cables for interconnects, and they already have higher shielding than regular analog interconnects. Quote...

I've owned these speakers for about two weeks now. They really do open up after some use. I'd say the tweeter and bass definition/extension on these are excellent. Compared to my audio engine A5's, I prefer the lushness and beautiful reproduction of guitars and singers' voices of the airmotiv...

Thanks for all the replies. I've tried cheater plugs to no avail unfortunately. I'm pretty sure this is just a design flaw. But I was hoping someone had heard something definitive from audio engine directly. I'm sure they wouldn't say it's a flaw, but I've heard too many other reports of this...

Back from the dead. So I'm pretty sure that the hum I've been hearing is normal. As in normal according to audioengine. The hum is definitely coming from the internal amps inside the A5's. I've seen other people on here stating that the amp on these hum no matter what you do with them. Can...

Quote: Yeah. I have the eq off right now. The screenshot was just an example :) Anyone have some eq settings to share?

Quote: please elaborate

So I've had my A5's for about two years now. As anyone who owns these knows, they are voiced somewhat warm, and the bass tends to be a bit muddy. I've raised them off the desk with a pair of speaker stands, but that only helps so much. I'm connected directly to my macbook pro, no dac (though it...

All the a5's do this. I turn up my source volume and leave the a5's volume switch very low. Nonetheless, they make a loud noise when they go into sleep 2 out of 4 times. It almost seems random as they'll sometimes gracefully go into sleep mode with no sound at all. Other times it's this jarring...

I have a pair of a5's the hiss and buzz slightly when they're on without a source connected to them. I've tested the dirty power source theory, but they sound the same wherever i hook them up. Unfortunately, what you're hear is just the internal amp introducing noise in the line. I thought I had...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jottle I noticed the occasional snap/pop from my a5's. It turns out that it's my crappy macbook pro soundcard. I'm switching to a DAC to see if that eliminates it. Just a followup for anyone who's interested. It turns out that the internal amp on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by MadMan007 Toslink to mini Toslink cable (there are also adaptors that convert a regular Toslink in to a mini): Amazon.com: 6ft Toslink to Mini Toslink Cable: Electronics and L/R RCA to 1/8" miniplug: Amazon.com: RiteAV - 3.5mm to Stereo RCA Male Cable - 6...

How does one hookup the Fubar II DAC (or any usb dac for that matter) to a new macbook pro exactly? The unibody macbook pros have a digital out through the 3.5mm jack, but where does that plug into these dac's? Also, the A5's only have a 3.5mm analog in jack, and it looks like usb dac's don't...